#4F8BE6#4F8BE6

#4F8BE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.151 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F8BE6
RGB	rgb(79, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 9.14, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 52.69, 279.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.03 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.151 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7349, 25.8380, 78.4259)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F8BE6 #E6AA4F

analogous

#4FD6E6 #4F8BE6 #5E4FE6

triadic

#4F8BE6 #E64F8B #8BE64F

tetradic

#4F8BE6 #E64FD6 #E6AA4F #4FE65E

square

#4F8BE6 #E64FD6 #E6AA4F #4FE65E

split-complementary

#4F8BE6 #E65E4F #D6E64F

monochromatic

#174FA3 #1F69D9 #4F8BE6 #85AEEE #BAD2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4F8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4F8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F8BE6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F8BE6	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6293EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.151 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8facee',
    500: '#4f8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f8be6;
$custom-light: #8facee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.159,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6395,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F8BE6

secondary

#E5CEAC

accent

#870ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F8BE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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